Production Engineer

Production Engineer

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Menlo Park, CA

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To apply, click "Apply to Job" online on this web page.

Production Engineer Responsibilities

• Participate in the design, implementation and ongoing coordination of major site applications and subsystems.


• Own back-end services like Hadoop data warehouses, front-end services like Messenger and Newsfeed, infrastructure components like Memcache infrastructure, and everything in between.


• Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug difficult problems live, on some of the largest and most complex systems in the world.


• Work together with relevant engineering teams, sharing an on-call rotation for the reliability of service.


• Partner alongside the best engineers in the industry.


• Work on code and systems that will be in production and used by millions of users all around the world.


• Ensure that Facebook's services run smoothly and have the capacity for future growth.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and 6 months of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation. Requires 6 months of experience involving the following:


• 1. High concurrency computing


• 2. Advanced data structure and operating systems


• 3. Code version control, debugging, triaging complex problems


• 4. Full stack web development: frontend/backend/database and


• 5. DevOps: CI/CD pipelines.

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information.

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About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com .

$178,360/year to $185,495/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.